- Mandrocles
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Mandrocles was an ancient Greek engineer from Samos who built a pontoon bridge over the Bosporus for King Darius I to conquer Thrace. Mandrocles dedicated a painting, depicting the brigding of the straits, to goddess Hera in the Heraion of Samos, commemorating his achievement.
References
- Histories (Herodotus) 4. 88 (Scythian campaign)
Categories:- Ancient Greek engineers
- People of the Greco-Persian Wars
- Ancient Samians
- Achaemenid Thrace
- Characters in Herodotus
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